Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Dinner & Books - Summer Ed.

If I'm being totally honest, my multi-cultural palate is probably
owed to my kids more than anything. Become a mom to a bunch of kids with
vastly different roots, and you start to notice and care about things
you didn't use to notice or care about.

It's not that
everyone operates like this, it's just that I was always content with
Pineapple Chicken prior to 2006, which doesn't really even count as
Chinese food.

I once ate at the Indian buffet when we lived in DC and it didn't ring my bell. "Too stewy," I said. Like a fool.

Long story short, GIVE ME ALL THE INTERNATIONAL CUISINES.

This is a recent home creation, and it knocked all our socks clean off. It's seriously something special.
And
if it sounds too complicated, it's totally not. You probably just
need to go to bed earlier tomorrow night or take a mental health day. WE
CAN MARINATE CHICKEN IN AROMATIC OIL. I promise we can.

I
don't read parenting books very often, but this is the kind that
reminds me of what a gift it is to guide our small people (and
taller-than-us people) with intention. I want to be a more grace-giving
mom. I'm tired of parenting from a place of fear (mostly of what other
people will think) or worry. This is an excellent read.

I found this at the thrift store (holla!) and had to bring it home. It's such a cool little book about a boy who lives in the city, in South Africa. Africa! You're so rad and varied, with so many layers and so much to teach us.

17 comments:

My son is 1st going into 2nd (but in French Immersion) and so we are very slowly reading Dragon Master series by Tracey West. My son is doing okay (considering he hasn't had English at school at all yet!), so likely would be easier for your son to read - and it is really exciting - I want to know what's happening - so I may have read ahead to the end, uh hum... :)3 books, 4th and last due out in August. Highly recommend!! I picked it up at my local bookstore, I'm sure they are on amazon or wherever.http://www.traceywest.com/series/dragon-masters/

Confesstion: everytime I see chicken thighs in a recipe, I skip it. Also, I loved that Kim's recommendation didn't wow you! Pare for the course!And I actually took a picture od that Africa book at the library last week to send to KG! Reminded me of her! At least I think it was that book. Now that I think of it, maybe not. Hmmm....

Now that Ruby has read what I like to call The Fairy Canon, you may want to take a road trip to Ann Arbor, MI where they have fairy doors hidden all over the city: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_Doors_of_Ann_Arbor

I have about 40 rainbow magic books in my house. My eldest daughter started reading them & now my youngest who's 7 (end of this month) loves them. I buy some but we got most from older girl friends who had outgrown them & second hand stores & jumble sales. They were thrilled to see their names on books - Olivia the Orchid Fairy & Zoe the Skating Fairy!

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